Captain Beeky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 7, Sep 2007, at 10:24, Adrian Stott wrote: > >> Extension of navigation on the Avon >> between Stratford and Warwick is being strongly lobbied for, but >> hasn't yet been achieved! > >Thank goodness ! > >The money (wherever it is) would be better spent on maintaining the >existing network/infrastructure.
The cost of achieving navigability is surprisingly small. There is some evidence that the Avon was once navigable right up to Coventry. The engineering is quite simple (although a lift or flight of ~4 locks is needed at the Avon/GU junction). The money involved would be raised specifically for this project. It would not be out of a general pool which might otherwise be applied to BW's maintenance budget. >What's the point of a wide beam route from Stratford to Warwick ? >Does that open up a wide beam circuit - Thames/K&A/Severn/Avon/GU ? If you know the answer, you don't need to ask the question. Although it would be a *broad* (i.e. not wide) circuit, actually. Also non-tidal, and full broad beam (4.3 m, as opposed to the 3.6 m beam of the T&S). >Perish the thought ! Ah, you narrow boaters ... Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
